The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), the country's main capital market, saw an upward trend in the first hour on Tuesday.
Shares and units of 4.63 crore were exchanged through 45,355 transactions. In this period, shares and mutual funds worth Tk 262 crore were traded, reports UNB.
During the period, a total of 378 companies participated in trading. Among these, prices of 306 companies increased, 34 companies decreased, and 38 companies remained unchanged at the DSE.
The main index DSEX decreased by 65.71 points to 5244.58 points, the DSEX Shariah index decreased by 22.8 points to 1175.25 points and the DS30 special blue chip fell by 23.52 points to 1931.84 points during the first hour on Tuesday.
Bd-pratidin English/Fariha Nowshin Chinika
